The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won both the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections in Ward A6 polling Unit 033 located in Ogunmodede College, Papa Epe where the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode voted this morning.
At the end of counting of the votes cast, the results showed that the APC polled a total of 299 votes for the Chairmanship election as against one polled by the Labour Party and zero vote polled respectively by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and Accord Party.
For the Councillorship election in the unit, the APC polled a total of 293 votes as against One polled by Labour Party and zero polled by PDP.
In the second polling unit in the ward, APC polled 298 votes for the Chairmanship election as against zero vote polled by the PDP and Labour.
Also in the councillorship election, APC polled 300 votes while the PDP, Labour and Accord Party all polled zero vote.
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode voted in the election to the 57 local councils in Lagos state.
The election take off was slowed down with the heavy downpour in some parts of the state.
Ambode voted at the Ogunmodede Junior/Senior College, Epe, after his accreditation.
Ambode waiting to accredited
He arrived his polling unit by 9:35am and joined the queue.
Addressing reporters shortly after casting his vote, he said reports from across the state indicate that the whole process has been peaceful.
“So far so good, from the’ reports I have received from all the other parts of Lagos State, we are pleased with what is going on.
“Voting has commenced in every part of Lagos; the whole thing has been very peaceful thus far and I believe strongly that it would be peaceful throughout.
“We have done so much to ensure that the security is good and so I just urge people to come out and exercise their franchise.”
The governor who recalled that Local Government election had not taken place in the state in the last five years, said it was good that the election is going on adding that this would help enhance democratic value in the state.
“You cannot stay back and just expect that things will work well. Yes, we have tried at the State level but we also need credible people at the Local Government level and that is the nearest government to our people and all we have been advocating is about participatory governance.
Queue of Voters
“If you don’t take part, you will not be part of what is coming and the whole essence is for you to choose people who will really touch your needs and if you sit down at home and people who are not credible gets there, it will not be their fault when they give you bad result and that is what we don’t want.
“I am happy that this election is coming at my own time. The whole idea is for us to evolve a process where the citizens come out and believe in a process that is credible and then when you do this and people are able to see elections that come at the Local Government level, they will be excited to do it because they know that it’s been credible, peaceful and there is no violence.
Also speaking, APC Chieftain and Balogun of Epe, Chief Lanre Razak who also casted his vote at the governor’s polling unit, said the party strongly believes in strengthening democracy, adding that the conduct of the election would go a long way to develop the political process.
Rasak also commended governor Ambode for his developmental strides all over the state, saying that Lagos has witnessed an appreciable level of development since he assumed office.
Meanwhile, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Epe Constituency II, Hon. Segun Olulade who voted at RCM Primary School, Ejinrin, Epe commended Lagosians for coming out to vote despite the heavy downpour, saying that it is through people’s participation that democratic values can be enhanced.
